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Kirkland & Ellis added new lawyers to strengthen Asia operation

Kirkland & Ellis has added several new senior lawyers to its Hong Kong office, including Nicholas Norris, John Otoshi, Benjamin Su, Dominic Tsun, Li-Chien Wong, Ashley Young and David Zhang.

  • People
  • 11 August 2011
Former Infosys CFO to launch India PE fund

T.V. Mohandas Pai, the former CFO of Infosys, is reportedly planning to raise a private equity fund worth $100 million and is already closing in on his first investment.

  • Fundraising
  • 10 August 2011
CITIC's mezzanine initiative still veiled in secrecy
CITIC's mezzanine initiative still veiled in secrecy

The news was brief yet had potentially far-reaching consequences: the private equity arm of Chinese financial behemoth CITIC Group would launch a RMB5 billion ($777 million) renminbi-denominated mezzanine fund.

  • Regulation
  • 10 August 2011
TPG eyes controlling stake in Indonesian tire manufacturer

US buyout firm TPG Capital has emerged as a potential bidder for Indonesian tire manufacturer Multistrada Arah Sarana, Reuters reported. It faces competition from South Korea's Hankook Tire and Japan’s Yokohama Rubber.

  • Industrials
  • 10 August 2011
Higashiyama Film accepts CITIC Capital Japan's takeover bid

CITIC Capital Partners Japan announced that its tender offer for Higashiyama Film, a Nagoya-based industrial use film maker special film maker, has been accepted.

  • Buyouts
  • 09 August 2011
IDFC injects additional $18 m in Green Infra

IDFC Private Equity, a wholly-owned unit of India's Infrastructure Development Finance Company, will invest INR800 million ($18 million) in clean energy producer Green Infra. IDFC originally incubated the company in 2008 and has already invested INR3.6...

  • Infrastructure
  • 08 August 2011
Temasek forms JV with South Africa's Oppenheimer family

Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund Temasek Holdings will form a joint venture private equity fund with South Africa’s E. Oppenheimer & Son International. James Teeger, group managing director at E. Oppenheimer, told Reuters that each party would make an...

  • Infrastructure
  • 08 August 2011
Terra Firma to open Beijing office

European private equity firm Terra Firma has received the regulatory green light to open a representative office in Beijing, marking its foray into Asia.

  • Greater China
  • 04 August 2011
Blackstone invests in leading Indian IT park

The Blackstone Group will acquire a 37% stake in Manyata Promoters, which operates high technology park in Bangalore, India, for around $200 million. The investment is said to value the entire development at $550 million.

  • Real estate
  • 03 August 2011
KKR hires former Nomura India executive director

KKR has appointed Dhiren Mehta, formerly of Nomura, as a director of its Indian operation. Mehta will work out of KKR’s Mumbai office, which is led by the Sanjay Nayar, CEO of KKR India and B.V. Krishnan, head of the private equity firm's non-banking...

  • People
  • 03 August 2011
INCJ: Collaborator or competitor?
INCJ: Collaborator or competitor?

The Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ) has always divided opinion. The government-run entity, which operates with the support of local corporations, is intended to support new growth businesses.

  • Portfolio management
  • 03 August 2011
IBK Capital Q to invest in Hankook Silicon

IBK Capital-Q Capital Partners, which is backed by The Korea Finance Corp. (KoFC), will invest KRW40 billion($38 million) in Hankook Silicon(HKS), the third-largest polysilicon manufacturer in South Korea, according to local media reports. The size of...

  • LPs
  • 02 August 2011
Singapore's Mapletree acquires Hong Kong shopping mall

Singapore-based real estate investment firm Mapletree Investments will acquire Hong Kong’s popular shopping mall Festival Walk in Kowloon Tong for around HK$18.8 billion ($2.4 billion) from Swire Properties.

  • Real estate
  • 02 August 2011
CLSA makes $15m investment in Indonesian tea company

CLSA Capital Partners (CLSACP) has invested $15 million in PT Sari Wangi AEA, which claims to be the largest privately held tea company in Indonesia.

  • Early-stage
  • 01 August 2011
SBI launches $24m fund with Greater China corporates

Japanese financial group SBI Holdings will jointly launch a $24 million venture fund with Taiwanese financial corporation Shin Kong Group and Hong Kong-based real estate firm Nang Fung Group.

  • Venture
  • 01 August 2011
Phoenix Capital to sponsor failed Japanese department store

Phoenix Capital, a private equity firm specializing in turnaround investments, has brokered a sponsorship agreement with bankrupt Japanese department store Nakasan Co., which claims debt of JPY11.4 billion ($1.43 million).

  • North Asia
  • 01 August 2011
J.C Flowers considers joint bid with TStone for Woori

J.C. Flowers is in talks with TStone, the South Korean private equity firm, to join the bid for a 57% stake in Woori Financial Holdings that is being divested by the Korean government, Reuters reported.

  • Financing
  • 27 July 2011
India's L&T plans infrastructure-focused private equity fund

Larsen and Toubro (L&T), an Indian engineering and construction company, is preparing to launch a private equity fund which will invest infrastructure projects, The Economic Times reported.

  • Infrastructure
  • 27 July 2011
Hony makes first foray into Japan

Hony Capital secured two significant firsts with its purchase of a 20% stake in Tokyo-listed hotel chain operator and real estate business Tokai Kanko for JPY1.4 billion ($17.8 million).

  • Real estate
  • 27 July 2011
Funds monetize Japan's aging demographic
Funds monetize Japan's aging demographic

Japan may be the world second-largest economies but, by Asian standards, it is also one of the most mature. GDP growth is lackluster and the consumer market is pedestrian compared to those of the region’s emerging nations, which are still driven by urbanization,...

  • Buyout
  • 27 July 2011
JAIC forms $45m joint venture in Shenyang

Japan Asia Investment Company (JAIC) will form a joint venture fund with Shenyang Wanrun New City Investment Management to make investments in Chinese and Japanese firms.

  • Fundraising
  • 26 July 2011
CPPIB makes first direct investment in Hong Kong real estate

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has acquired a 50% stake in Interlink, a Hong Kong building owned by Goodman Group, for approximately C$285 million ($301 million). The deal, which comprises an equity commitment of around C$205 million and...

  • Greater China
  • 26 July 2011
DRC to delist mountain equipment maker Kojitsu

DRC Capital, a Tokyo-based mid-size buyout firm, will de-list Japanese mountain equipment maker and retailer Kojitsu from Osaka JASDAQ in a deal thought to be worth JPY3.14 billion ($40 million).

  • Buyouts
  • 25 July 2011
CLSA invests $20m in Indonesian auto financing firm

CLSA Capital Partners (CLSACP) has agreed to pay $20 million for a minority stake in PT Sinar Mitra Sepadan Finance (SMS Finance), an Indonesian auto financing firm.

  • Early-stage
  • 25 July 2011
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